Lot 365
Lowe, David. A political cartoon titled, 'Secretly, in the Dead of Night' depicting a muted public opinion witnessing shadowy members of the establishment carrying off the King's throne and crown, pen and ink, 47.5 x 31cm, [1936], framed and glazed
This cartoon was published in the Evening Standard on December 11th, 1936 as a comment upon the abdication crisis of Edward VIII, which was perceived to have been forced by Stanley Baldwin. Writing in his autobiography, Lowe was later to comment, 'My contribution to the matter was only three or four cartoons about Baldwin's rebuff to cupid, a midnight scene of mysterious figures getting away with the throne, crown and sceptre, and a romantic piece celebrating a new addition to the world's great love stories.'
